Celebrate the Release of Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943

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By IGN Staff

NEW YORK - Paradox Interactive today announced the release of Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943, Graviteam and Snowball Studios' World War II strategy game with a tremendous focus on battlefield realism. The game is now available from most major digital distributors, including GamersGate and Impulse and select digital distributors are offering 15% off the game's $19.99 price until March 3.

Two videos have been released to celebrate the game's release, with the first combining the explosive music of Swedish industrial metal band, Raubtier, with an equally explosive gameplay montage. The second offers a further glimpse at the game's focus on realism, taking viewers to the Kharkov region featured in the game and demonstrating the team's commitment to visual fidelity.

Both videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/paradoxplaza

Join the Achtung Panzer fan page on Facebook where 5 copies of the game will be given away to fans at the end of the day.

For more info, visit www.paradoxplaza.com and visit www.raubtier.se for more information about Raubtier.

Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943 Main Features:

Great replayability and flexible AI behaviour: "smart" AI analyses tactical movements of player and chooses the best strategy based on opponents' behaviour, rather than following scripts. It allows players to complete the same scenarios using different tactics as if playing with human player.

Painstaking landscape reconstruction of Kharkov region in scope and size

Thorough re-creation of weapons, artillery and vehicles: all battle characteristics, including missile trajectories or number of crew, were modeled according to military archive materials and WW2 chronicles.

Dynamic change of day & night, and weather effects that affect combat – terrain passableness, visibility on the battlefield, disguise abilities of all forces, etc.

Destructible environment: blast and destroy almost everything, from ground terrain to houses and enemy defences. All traces of previous battles (shell-holes, broken vehicles, corpses, etc.) are left on the battlefield until the end of the scenario.

Real ballistics: bullets and projectiles follow authentic trajectories. Proper shot longitude, number of frags and their range are calculated.

Real soldiers' behaviour: every soldier has some basic parameters, such as experience level, fatigue and morale that affect his behaviour and effectiveness.

Military Encyclopaedia with 3D model viewer and detailed data on all units, describing their historical and in-game characteristics.

About Raubtier Raubtier is a Swedish industrial metal band from Haparanda. In 25 March 2009 they released their first album "Det finns bara krig" ("There is only war"). Their first single "Kamphund" quickly became a hit on Swedish radio station. Achtung Panzer is the title of their second single from the same album. Visit www.raubtier.se for more information

About Snowball Studios Snowball Studios is a Russian games publisher. We are based in Moscow, Russia and we operate in the CIS (the term covers former USSR with the exception of Baltics). As of Q2'09, we published over 250 games for PC, as well as for Sony's, Microsoft's and Nintendo's console platforms, with more than 12% of releases selling in excess of 100,000 units. We work with European, American and Russian partners, publishers & developers, international & independent. Visit www.snowball.ru for more information.

About Graviteam Graviteam is a game development studio based in Kharkov Ukraine. Founded in 2004 the studio specializes in developing strategic wargames with a strong sense of realism. For more information about Graviteam please visit www.graviteam.com

About Paradox Interactive Since 1999, Paradox Interactive has been a leading global developer and publisher of PC-based strategy games. World-renowned for its strategy catalog, the company holds a particularly strong presence in the United States and Europe. Its steadily-growing portfolio includes originally developed titles such as the critically acclaimed Europa Universalis and the Hearts of Iron franchises, as well as publishing titles such as the Elven Legacy series, Mount & Blade and Majesty 2. Paradox stands poised to make an explosive entry onto consoles during 2010 with the release of Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West. For more information, please visit www.paradoxplaza.com and follow @pdxinteractive on twitter.